Anbar edges closer to regional autonomy
19/04/2012
ANBAR, April 18 (AKnews) - Anbar province is days away from declaring regional autonomy, revealed a member of the provincial council.
All administrative and legal preparations needed to proclaim autonomy has been completed and the announcement will be made in the coming days, said Muzher al-Mulla, an engineer and member of the council.
He added the the move came after the failure of the federal government to meet the demands of citizens submitted months ago, including the release of innocent detainees, providing basic services, opportunities and other legal and constitutional demands.
"Proclaiming Anbar an autonomous region took into consideration the rejection of terrorism and sedition, in addition to working to promote the national reconciliation," he said.
"The experiment of Kurdistan Region has been proven a success with the region's formation and the exploitation of wealth according to a well-studied and scientific basis.
"Turning the province into an independent region will be done according to the law, with a referendum and the approval of one third of the provincial council, and will be submitted to the Iraqi government for approval."
Article 119 of the Iraqi constitution says provinces can become a region by referendum if one third of the council or one tenth of the voters request it.
By Anwar Msarbat
AKnews
ANBAR, April 18 (AKnews) - Anbar province is days away from declaring regional autonomy, revealed a member of the provincial council.
All administrative and legal preparations needed to proclaim autonomy has been completed and the announcement will be made in the coming days, said Muzher al-Mulla, an engineer and member of the council.
He added the the move came after the failure of the federal government to meet the demands of citizens submitted months ago, including the release of innocent detainees, providing basic services, opportunities and other legal and constitutional demands.
"Proclaiming Anbar an autonomous region took into consideration the rejection of terrorism and sedition, in addition to working to promote the national reconciliation," he said.
"The experiment of Kurdistan Region has been proven a success with the region's formation and the exploitation of wealth according to a well-studied and scientific basis.
"Turning the province into an independent region will be done according to the law, with a referendum and the approval of one third of the provincial council, and will be submitted to the Iraqi government for approval."
Article 119 of the Iraqi constitution says provinces can become a region by referendum if one third of the council or one tenth of the voters request it.
By Anwar Msarbat
AKnews